Darwin@LSE is
run by Helena Cronin, Oliver Curry and Richard Webb.
Helena Cronin
Helena Cronin launched and runs Darwin@LSE. She is a Co-Director
of LSE's Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.
She is the author of The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism
and sexual selection from Darwin to today (Cambridge
University Press) and co-editor of Darwinism
Today. Her research interests include an evolutionary
understanding of sex differences; methodological problems
of evolutionary theory, particularly in its application
to our own species; and how Darwinian theory can inform
policy. Helena is currently writing a book on sex differences.
Email: h.cronin@lse.ac.uk
Publications
Oliver Curry
Oliver Curry is a post-doctoral researcher in the Institute
of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University
of Oxford, and a research associate at the LSE's Centre
for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science. Oliver is
interested in evolutionary explanations of behaviour, especially
human social, moral and political behaviour. He completed
his
PhD in 2005 in the Department of Government at the London
School of Economics. His thesis argued that morality could
be seen as the product of a suite of 'adaptations for cooperation'
that evolved to solve the problems of cooperation and conflict
recurrent in the lives of our ancestors. He is currently
engaged in a number of empirical projects testing evolutionary
theories of human social behaviour, including work on trust,
fairness and coalition formation. Oliver is co-editor and
author of various Darwin@LSE publications, including Darwinism
Today and the special edition of the Demos
Quarterly.
Email: o.s.curry@lse.ac.uk
Webpage: www.olivercurry.com
Publications
Richard H Webb
Richard Webb was involved in launching, and still helps
to run, Darwin@LSE. He is a Research Associate in LSE's
Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science. A zoologist
by training, he is particularly interested in the evolutionary
mechanisms of non-living systems, especially those, such
as technology, that seem at first glance to be directed
by human intentions (themselves the product of evolved minds).
A management consultant by profession, Richard has worked
with industry to develop tools that apply evolutionary theory
to managing research and development (R&D) and encouraging
innovation. He has used evolutionary principles to help
a range of public and private sector clients to develop
their organisations and manage change. His special interest
areas are agriculture and public health.
Email: lse2@rhwebb.com
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